diff --git a/hello_world.py b/hello_world.py
index a5119194..5f6776a2 100644
--- a/hello_world.py
+++ b/hello_world.py
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ if uwsgi.loop == 'gevent':
 
 print uwsgi.version
 print uwsgi.workers()
-uwsgi.cache_set('foo', "Hello World from cache")
+try:
+    uwsgi.cache_set('foo', "Hello World from cache")
+except:
+    pass
 def application(env, start_response):
     start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/html')])
     yield "foobar<br/>"
@@ -12,4 +15,7 @@ def application(env, start_response):
         gevent.sleep(10)
     yield str(env['wsgi.input'].fileno())
     yield "<h1>Hello World</h1>"
-    yield uwsgi.cache_get('foo')
+    try:
+        yield uwsgi.cache_get('foo')
+    except:
+        pass
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index 503578eb..2461d6fc 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ void init_uwsgi_embedded_module() {
 			exit(1);
 		}
 	}
+	else {
+		PyDict_SetItemString(up.embedded_dict, "loop", Py_None);
+	}
 
 	PyObject *py_opt_dict = PyDict_New();
 	for (i = 0; i < uwsgi.exported_opts_cnt; i++) {